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The Atlantic Daily: Wars Don’t Occur in a Vacuum
As the violence in Gaza continues, our writers take a long-run view. Then: You don’t have to take off your mask if you’re vaccinated but not yet comfortable.
May 17, 2021
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Israel and Hamas continued trading attacks over the weekend as the latest round of violence in Gaza entered its second week. Death tolls continued to rise, particularly for Palestinians, with dozens of children reportedly among the dead. President Biden expressed support for a cease-fire today during a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said.
The Atlantic Daily: Americans Need an Off-Ramp to the Post-pandemic World
As more vaccines go into arms, governments and businesses ought to relax some COVID-19 precautions, one of our staff writers argues.
April 19, 2021
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Americans are over it.
The country suffers from what my colleague Amanda Mull calls “pandemic senioritis” “an abrupt bout of laziness, or flakiness,” that’s set in as the nation awaits an oh-so-glorious summer.
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Parents feel the daily strains of this pandemic especially acutely. Plus:
How should you behave if only some of your household is vaccinated?
March 11, 2021
Last summer, as the pandemic raged on, my colleague Sophie Gilbert became a parent. It was the hardest thing she’s ever done.
“Other than my husband, not a single person I love has really seen me being a mother,” she writes in an extraordinary essay. “This new person I’ve become since I gave birth is a person virtually no one knows.”
With the birth of her twins, Sophie joined the millions of parents who, a year into this pandemic, are raising kids at a time when access to support, such as child care or just a loved one who can lend an extra hand, remains frustratingly limited.